Set in the mid-'70s, director Mo Ogrodnick's first movie follows the story of twin sisters—beautiful, boy-crazy Monica Keena and chubby, tomboyish Daisy Eagan—who are thrust into the adult world when their abusive parents die in a car crash. Setting out on the road, they end up at an Army base, where they stay with hunky handyman Gordon Currie while plotting to scam enough money to move on to another city. Things get complicated, however, when Keena falls in love with Currie, a development that tests the strength of the unhealthy bond the sisters share. Like the similarly themed All Over Me, Ripe is a sharply drawn, affecting portrait of female adolescence. Also like All Over Me, Ripe was a film-festival favorite that barely saw release in theaters. And while the premise might sound like an unholy mixture of adolescent wish-fulfillment and Playboy Party Joke-style smut, Ogrodnick treats the sisters' budding sexuality with keen sensitivity and a flair for capturing the complicated emotional dynamics of siblings on the verge of adulthood. While the gothic, bloody ending seems a bit forced, Ripe is still an excellent film that deserves a wider audience than it received in its unfairly brief theatrical release.